Anna Williams

Revenge looks good on Anna Williams. After trading in her life as a contract killer for boardroom strategy at G Corporation, she believed she had found peace - and even love. That peace shattered the moment her sister Nina murdered her fiance on their wedding day and then stole her position at G Corp, proving that in this family, loyalty is just another weapon.

Anna Williams’ Story Role in Tekken 8

Returning as a Season 2 DLC fighter (released April 3, 2025), Anna enters Tekken 8 with a fresh motive and a transformed fighting style built around her new custom weapon, “Lovely Tom.” Commissioned from the brilliant Dr. Nakamura, this compact bazooka-mace hybrid can transform mid-fight and deal heavy chip damage, even inflicting a “Fragile” debuff on opponents. Born in Ireland and trained since childhood in Assassination Arts alongside Aikido passed down from her mother, Anna fights with a calculated elegance that masks pure, cold fury toward Nina.

Anna’s Personality

Anna walks a razor’s edge between glamour and menace. Unlike her colder, more robotic sister, she revels in the theatrical side of revenge – her signature quote, “Just you wait, Nina. Lovely Tom and I will have you pleading for mercy on your knees,” says everything about how she operates. She’s someone who discovered her murdered fiance was actually a criminal, felt a flicker of gratitude toward Nina for it, then immediately doubled down on wanting revenge the moment Nina seized her old job. That contradictory mix of self-awareness and stubborn pride makes her one of Tekken’s most compelling characters.

Who Voices Anna Williams in Tekken 8?

Tara Platt delivers Anna’s English performance in Tekken 8, a role that suits her portfolio of commanding, sophisticated women – she is widely recognized as the voice of Mitsuru Kirijo in Persona 3 and Temari in Naruto. On the Japanese side, earlier entries in the series featured Yumi Toma, well known for voicing Leifang in the Dead or Alive franchise and Ivy Valentine in Soul Calibur.